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Walmart's supply chain management software This is what we call cherry-picking an example. Someone who wanted to argue with you might select Windows autorun an
by raganwald 16y ago
Walmart's supply chain management software
This is what we call cherry-picking an example. Someone who wanted to argue with you might select Windows autorun and its role in the world of illicit botnets and keyboard logging.
- barry-cotter 16y agoAutorun bad and all, but Windows was pretty obviously a huge win as a productivity multiplier. I'd be kind of surprised if Windows hasn't done more for GDP[1] than Walmart. Practically any commercial software package ever sold probably had a greater positive effect on the world than pre 19## medicine. This will hold more strongly for shrinkwrap software that stays around long enough for the company producing it to build a rep. [1]Or total world utility/happiness, if we could measure that